Red, White and Blue Tag Sale

Red, White and Blue Tag Sale
By MAUREEN DOWD

N Y TIMES
January 20, 2008

"....A Washington Post cartoon by Tom Toles summed it up best: 'Great to be home,' W. enthuses on Air Force One, heading toward the East Coast. 'Anything interesting happen while I was gone?' Hanging on the skyline of New York is a sign reading: ' U.S.A. Now a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Foreign Investors.'...

[Bush] was a supplicant in Saudi Arabia. The American economy is a supplicant, too. ...

In Dubai, he commended young Arab leaders, saying, 'The entrepreneurial spirit is strong.'

In Abu Dhabi, he marveled at the royal family's plans to build a city based entirely upon renewable energy. "Amazing, isn't it?" W. said.

You know you're in trouble when your Middle East oil pump is greener than you are. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/opinion/20dowd.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

Comments: 6

Bert B. Jan 20, 2008, 7:13pm EST

We were probably on a downward slide before Dubya arrived on the scene, but he has certainly hastened our decline.

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J W. Jan 20, 2008, 7:47pm EST

thanks for the link

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Rex T. Jan 20, 2008, 10:37pm EST

Yeah, it's amazing how one dumb ass president can, in seven years, destroy the economy of the richest nation on earth. I mean, really, who else could you ever blame?

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Bert B. Jan 20, 2008, 11:19pm EST

Raven has said it better than I could. Rex too.

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